UK BAP priority vascular plant species

A list of the UK BAP priority vascular plant species, and their occurence in the four UK countries is provided in the table below. In addition, the 'Original UK BAP species' column provides information on whether the species was on the original UK BAP list created between 1996 and 1998, or was added following the review of priority species and habitats (PDF, 1.3Mb) in 2007. All original species have Species action Plans (SAPs), species statements, or are included within grouped plans or statements, whereas there are, as yet, no published plans for the species added following the 2007 review.

Current scientific names and commonly used synonyms derive from the Nameserver facility of the National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary, which is managed by the Natural History Museum. More detailed information about the distribution and taxonomy of these species can be found using the NBN gateway, and details of current Species Action Plans (SAPs) can be found on BARS.

JNCC have collated already-published information from a variety of sources for all of the UK BAP priority species, to bring these data together into a single report, or 'species account', for each species. All of this information is already available on either the JNCC website, the NBN Gateway, or the BARS website. More detail about the information within the species accounts is available here. Each individual species account can be accessed by clicking on a name in the table below, or through the full list of priority species.

UK BAP priority vascular plant species
Scientific names and link to species account	NBN common name	Taxon	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	Original UK BAP species?
Aceras anthropophorum	Man Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Adonis annua	Pheasant's-eye	vascular plant	Y	U	N	N
Ajuga chamaepitys	Ground-pine	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Ajuga pyramidalis	Pyramidal Bugle	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	Y
Alchemilla acutiloba	a Lady's-mantle	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Alchemilla micans		vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Alchemilla minima	Alchemilla	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Alchemilla monticola		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Alchemilla subcrenata		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Alisma gramineum	Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Apium repens	Creeping Marshwort	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Arabis glabra	Tower Mustard	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Arenaria norvegica subsp. norvegica	Arctic Sandwort	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Armeria maritima subsp. elongata	Tall Thrift	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Arnoseris minima	Lamb's Succory	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Artemisia campestris	Field Wormwood	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Artemisia norvegica	Norwegian Mugwort	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Asparagus prostratus	Wild Asparagus	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Astragalus alpinus	Alpine Milk-vetch	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Astragalus danicus	Purple Milk-vetch	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Atriplex pedunculata	Pedunculate Sea-purslane	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Blysmus compressus	Flat-sedge	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Bromus interruptus	Interrupted Brome	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Bupleurum rotundifolium	Thorow-wax	vascular plant	Y	U	N	N
Bupleurum tenuissimum	Slender Hare's-ear	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Calamagrostis scotica	Scottish Small-reed	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Calamagrostis stricta	Narrow Small-reed	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	Y
Campanula patula	Spreading Bellflower	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Campanula rapunculus	Rampion Bellflower	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Carex depauperata	Starved Wood-sedge	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Carex divisa	Divided Sedge	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Carex ericetorum	Rare Spring-sedge	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Carex maritima	Curved Sedge	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Carex vulpina	True Fox-sedge	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Carum carvi	Caraway	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Centaurea calcitrapa	Red Star-thistle	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Centaurea cyanus	Cornflower	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Centaurium scilloides	Perennial Centaury	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Cephalanthera damasonium	White Helleborine	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Cephalanthera longifolia	Narrow-leaved Helleborine	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Cephalanthera rubra	Red Helleborine	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Cerastium arcticum	Arctic Mouse-ear	vascular plant	N	Y	Y	N
Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Cerastium nigrescens	Shetland Mouse-ear	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Chamaemelum nobile	Chamomile	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Chenopodium urbicum	Upright Goosefoot	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	Y
Chenopodium vulvaria	Stinking Goosefoot	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Cicendia filiformis	Yellow Centaury	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Cicerbita alpina	Alpine Blue-sow-thistle	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Clinopodium acinos	Basil Thyme	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Clinopodium menthifolium	Wood Calamint	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Cochlearia micacea	Mountain Scurvygrass	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Cochlearia officinalis subsp. scotica	Scottish Scurvygrass	vascular plant	N	Y	N	Y	Yes – statement
Coeloglossum viride	Frog Orchid	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Coincya wrightii	Lundy Cabbage	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Corrigiola litoralis	Strapwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Cotoneaster integerrimus	Wild Cotoneaster	vascular plant	N	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Crepis foetida	Stinking Hawk's-beard	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Crepis mollis	Northern Hawk's-beard	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Cynoglossum germanicum	Green Hound's-tongue	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Cyperus fuscus	Brown Galingale	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Cypripedium calceolus	Lady's-slipper	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. ochroleuca		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Dactylorhiza purpurella subsp. cambrensis		vascular plant	N	Y	Y	Y
Damasonium alisma	Starfruit	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Dianthus armeria	Deptford Pink	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Dryopteris cristata	Crested Buckler-fern	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Epipactis sancta	Lindisfarne Helleborine	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Erigeron borealis	Alpine Fleabane	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Eryngium campestre	Field Eryngo	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Euphrasia anglica	Glandular Eyebright	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Euphrasia cambrica		vascular plant	N	N	Y	N	Yes – grouped plan
Euphrasia campbelliae		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – grouped plan
Euphrasia heslop-harrisonii		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – grouped plan
Euphrasia marshallii	Eyebright	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Euphrasia ostenfeldii	Eyebright	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Euphrasia pseudokerneri	Chalk Eyebright	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Euphrasia rivularis		vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – grouped plan
Euphrasia rostkoviana subsp. montana		vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Euphrasia rotundifolia		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – grouped plan
Euphrasia vigursii		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – grouped plan
Fallopia dumetorum	Copse-bindweed	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Filago lutescens	Red-tipped Cudweed	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Filago pyramidata	Broad-leaved Cudweed	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Fumaria purpurea	Purple Ramping-fumitory	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Galeopsis angustifolia	Red Hemp-nettle	vascular plant	Y	U	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Galium pumilum	Slender Bedstraw	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Galium tricornutum	Corn Cleavers	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Gentianella anglica	Early Gentian	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Gentianella campestris	Field Gentian	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Gentianella ciliata	Fringed Gentian	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Gentianella uliginosa	Dune Gentian	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. levigatum		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Herminium monorchis	Musk Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Hieracium backhousei		vascular plant			N
Hieracium calvum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium graniticola		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium grovesii		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium insigne		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium kennethii		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium larigense		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium leptodon		vascular plant			N
Hieracium macrocarpum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium notabile		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium optimum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium pseudocurvatum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium pseudopetiolatum		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Hieracium sect. Alpestria		vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N	Yes – grouped plan
Hieracium subgracilentipes		vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Hordeum marinum	Sea Barley	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Iberis amara	Wild Candytuft	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Illecebrum verticillatum	Coral-necklace	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Juncus pygmaeus	Pigmy Rush	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Juniperus communis	Juniper	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica		vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Lactuca saligna	Least Lettuce	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Leersia oryzoides	Cut-grass	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Linnaea borealis	Twinflower	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Liparis loeselii	Fen Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Lobelia urens	Heath Lobelia	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Lolium temulentum	Darnel	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Luronium natans	Floating Water-plantain	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Luzula arcuata	Curved Wood-rush	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Luzula pallidula	Fen Wood-rush	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Lycopodiella inundata	Marsh Clubmoss	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Lythrum hyssopifolia	Grass-poly	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Matthiola sinuata	Sea Stock	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Melampyrum cristatum	Crested Cow-wheat	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Melampyrum sylvaticum	Small Cow-wheat	vascular plant	N	Y	N	Y	Yes – SAP
Melittis melissophyllum	Bastard Balm	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Mentha pulegium	Pennyroyal	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Minuartia hybrida	Fine-leaved Sandwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	Y
Minuartia rubella	Mountain Sandwort	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Minuartia sedoides	Cyphel	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Moneses uniflora	One-flowered Wintergreen	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Monotropa hypopitys	Yellow Bird's-nest	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. hypophegea	Bird's-nest	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. hypopitys	Yellow Bird's-nest	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Muscari neglectum	Grape-hyacinth	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Najas flexilis	Slender Naiad	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Najas marina	Holly-leaved Naiad	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Oenanthe fistulosa	Tubular Water-dropwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Ophrys insectifera	Fly Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	Y
Orchis simia	Monkey Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Orchis ustulata	Burnt Orchid	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Orobanche picridis	Oxtongue Broomrape	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Otanthus maritimus	Cottonweed	vascular plant	N	N	N	N
Phyteuma spicatum	Spiked Rampion	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Pilosella flagellaris subsp. bicapitata	Shetland Mouse-ear-hawkweed	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Pilularia globulifera	Pillwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Platanthera bifolia	Lesser Butterfly-orchid	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Poa flexuosa	Wavy Meadow-grass	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Poa glauca	Glaucous Meadow-grass	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Polygonatum verticillatum	Whorled Solomon's-seal	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Polystichum lonchitis	Holly-fern	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Potamogeton acutifolius	Sharp-leaved Pondweed	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Potamogeton compressus	Grass-wrack Pondweed	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Potamogeton rutilus	Shetland Pondweed	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Potentilla rupestris	Rock Cinquefoil	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Pseudorchis albida	Small-white Orchid	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Puccinellia fasciculata	Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Pulicaria vulgaris	Small Fleabane	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Pulmonaria obscura	Suffolk Lungwort	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Pulsatilla vulgaris	Pasqueflower	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Pyrus cordata	Plymouth Pear	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Ranunculus arvensis	Corn Buttercup	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N
Ranunculus tripartitus	Three-lobed Crowfoot	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Rumex aquaticus	Scottish Dock	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Rumex rupestris	Shore Dock	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Sagina nivalis	Snow Pearlwort	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Salix lanata	Woolly Willow	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N	Yes – SAP
Salix lapponum	Downy Willow	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	N
Salix myrsinites	Whortle-leaved Willow	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Salsola kali subsp. kali	Prickly Saltwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Saxifraga cernua	Drooping Saxifrage	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Saxifraga cespitosa	Tufted Saxifrage	vascular plant	N	Y	Y	N
Saxifraga hirculus	Yellow Marsh Saxifrage	vascular plant	Y	Y	N	Y	Yes – SAP
Scandix pecten-veneris	Shepherd's-needle	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Schoenoplectus triqueter	Triangular Club-rush	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Scirpoides holoschoenus	Round-headed Club-rush	vascular plant	Y	N	N	Y
Scleranthus annuus	Annual Knawel	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Scleranthus annuus subsp. annuus		vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Scleranthus perennis subsp. prostratus	Prostrate Perennial Knawel	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Senecio paludosus	Fen Ragwort	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Silene gallica	Small-flowered Catchfly	vascular plant	Y	U	Y	U	Yes – SAP
Silene otites	Spanish Catchfly	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Sium latifolium	Greater Water-parsnip	vascular plant	Y	N	N	Y	Yes – SAP
Sorbus arranensis	Arran Whitebeam	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Sorbus bristoliensis	Bristol Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Sorbus eminens	Round-leaved Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Sorbus leptophylla	Thin-leaved Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Sorbus leyana	Ley's Whitebeam	vascular plant	N	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Sorbus minima	Least Whitebeam	vascular plant	N	N	Y	N
Sorbus pseudofennica	Arran Service-tree	vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Sorbus subcuneata	Somerset Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Sorbus vexans	Bloody Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Sorbus wilmottiana	Wilmott's Whitebeam	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Spartina maritima	Small Cord-grass	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Spiranthes romanzoffiana	Irish Lady's-tresses	vascular plant	X	Y	N	Y	Yes – SAP
Stellaria palustris	Marsh Stitchwort	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	Y
Taraxacum clovense		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Taraxacum geirhildae		vascular plant	N	Y	N	N
Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia	Field Fleawort	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Teucrium scordium	Water Germander	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Thlaspi perfoliatum	Cotswold Pennycress	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Torilis arvensis	Spreading Hedge-parsley	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N	Yes – SAP
Valerianella rimosa	Broad-fruited Cornsalad	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Veronica triphyllos	Fingered Speedwell	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Veronica verna	Spring Speedwell	vascular plant	Y	N	N	N
Viola lactea	Pale Dog-violet	vascular plant	Y	N	Y	N
Viola persicifolia	Fen Violet	vascular plant	Y	N	N	Y
Woodsia ilvensis	Oblong Woodsia	vascular plant	Y	Y	Y	N	Yes – SAP